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Song of Solomon 1

Song of Sol. 1:7 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Tell
nagad (Hebrew #5046)
properly, to front, i.e. stand boldly out opposite; by implication (causatively), to manifest; figuratively, to announce (always by word of mouth to one present); specifically, to expose, predict, explain, praise
KJV usage: bewray, X certainly, certify, declare(-ing), denounce, expound, X fully, messenger, plainly, profess, rehearse, report, shew (forth), speak, X surely, tell, utter.
Pronounce: naw-gad'
Origin: a primitive root
me, O thou whom my soul
nephesh (Hebrew #5315)
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
KJV usage: any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, X dead(-ly), desire, X (dis-)contented, X fish, ghost, + greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, X jeopardy of) life (X in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally, one, own, person, pleasure, (her-, him-, my-, thy-)self, them (your)-selves, + slay, soul, + tablet, they, thing, (X she) will, X would have it.
Pronounce: neh'-fesh
Origin: from 5314
loveth
'ahab (Hebrew #157)
a primitive root; to have affection for (sexually or otherwise)
KJV usage: (be-)love(-d, -ly, -r), like, friend.
Pronounce: aw-hab'
Origin: or raheb {aw-habe'}
, wheren thou feedest
ra`ah (Hebrew #7462)
to tend a flock; i.e. pasture it; intransitively, to graze (literally or figuratively); generally to rule; by extension, to associate with (as a friend)
KJV usage: X break, companion, keep company with, devour, eat up, evil entreat, feed, use as a friend, make friendship with, herdman, keep (sheep)(-er), pastor, + shearing house, shepherd, wander, waste.
Pronounce: raw-aw'
Origin: a primitive root
, where
'eyk (Hebrew #349)
and teykakah {ay-kaw'-kah}; prolonged from 335; how? or how!; also where
KJV usage: how, what.
Pronounce: ake
Origin: also eykah {ay-kaw'}
thou makest thy flock to rest
rabats (Hebrew #7257)
to crouch (on all four legs folded, like a recumbent animal); be implication, to recline, repose, brood, lurk, imbed
KJV usage: crouch (down), fall down, make a fold, lay, (cause to, make to) lie (down), make to rest, sit.
Pronounce: raw-bats'
Origin: a primitive root
at noon
tsohar (Hebrew #6672)
a light (i.e. window): dual double light, i.e. noon
KJV usage: midday, noon(-day, -tide), window.
Pronounce: tso'-har
Origin: from 6671
: for
mah (Hebrew #4100)
or ma {maw}; or ma {mah}; also meh {meh}; a primitive particle; properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and even relatively, that which); often used with prefixes in various adverbial or conjunctive senses
KJV usage: how (long, oft, (- soever)), (no-)thing, what (end, good, purpose, thing), whereby(-fore, -in, -to, -with), (for) why.
Pronounce: maw
Origin: or mah {mah}
why should I be as one that μturneth aside
`atah (Hebrew #5844)
to wrap, i.e. cover, veil, cloth, or roll
KJV usage: array self, be clad, (put a) cover (-ing, self), fill, put on, X surely, turn aside.
Pronounce: aw-taw'
Origin: a primitive root
by the flocks
`eder (Hebrew #5739)
an arrangement, i.e. muster (of animals)
KJV usage: drove, flock, herd.
Pronounce: ay'-der
Origin: from 5737
of thy companions
chaber (Hebrew #2270)
an associate
KJV usage: companion, fellow, knit together.
Pronounce: khaw-bare'
Origin: from 2266
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Psa. 23:2‑3• 2In pastures of tender grass he causeth me to lie down,{HR}He leadeth me by the waters of rest.
 3He restoreth my soul;{HR}He leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake. (Psa. 23:2‑3)
μ
or, is veiled.

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Flock,
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Soul; Spirit

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Ministry on This Verse

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O thou.
Song of Sol. 2:3• 3As the citron among the trees of the wood,{HR}So is my beloved among the sons.{HR}In his shadow I delighted and sat down,{HR}And his fruit [is] sweet to my taste. (Song of Sol. 2:3)
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Song of Sol. 3:1‑4• 1On my bed, by night{HR}I sought him whom my soul loveth;{HR}I sought him, but I found him not.
 2I will rise now and go about the city;{HR}In the streets and in the broad ways{HR}I will seek him whom my soul loveth;{HR}I sought him, but I found him not.
 3The watchmen that go about the city found me:{HR}—Have ye seen him whom my soul loveth?—
 4Scarcely had I passed from them,{HR}When I found him whom my soul loveth;{HR}I held him and would not let him go,{HR}Until I had brought him into my mother's house,{HR}And into the chamber of her that conceived me. (Song of Sol. 3:1‑4)
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Song of Sol. 5:8,10,16• 8I charge you, daughters of Jerusalem,{HR}If ye find my beloved,{HR}That ye tell him, that I am sick of love.
 10My beloved [is] white and ruddy,{HR}The chiefest among ten thousand.
 16His mouth [is] most sweet;{HR}Yea he [is] altogether lovely.{HR}This [is] my beloved, yea this [is] my friend,{HR}O daughters of Jerusalem. (Song of Sol. 5:8,10,16)
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Psa. 18:1• 1To the chief musician, by a servant of Jehovah, by David, who spake unto Jehovah the words of this song in the day Jehovah delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul.{HR}And he said, I love thee, O Jehovah, my strength. (Psa. 18:1)
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Psa. 116:1• 1I love Jehovah,{HR}For he hath heard my voice, my supplications. (Psa. 116:1)
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Isa. 5:1• 1I will sing to my well-beloved a song of my beloved touching his vineyard. My well beloved had a vineyard in a very fruitful hill; (Isa. 5:1)
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Isa. 26:9• 9With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek thee early: for when thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness. (Isa. 26:9)
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Matt. 10:37• 37{i}He who loves father or mother above me is not worthy of me; and he who loves son or daughter above me is not worthy of me.{/i} (Matt. 10:37)
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John 21:17• 17He saith to him the third time, Simon [son] of Jonah, dost thou dearly love me? Peter was grieved because he said to him the third time, Dost thou dearly love me? and he said to him, Lord, thou knowest all things, thou knowest that I dearly love thee. Jesus saith to him, Feed my sheep. (John 21:17)
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1 Peter 1:8• 8whom, having not seen, ye love; in whom, though not now seeing but believing, ye exult with joy unspeakable and glorified, (1 Peter 1:8)
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1 Peter 2:7• 7To you therefore that believe [is] the preciousness; but to disobedient [ones] a stone which the builders rejected, this became head of corner, (1 Peter 2:7)
thou feedest.
Gen. 37:16• 16And he said, I seek my brethren: tell me, pray, where they feed. (Gen. 37:16)
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Psa. 23:1‑2• 1A Psalm of David.{HR}Jehovah [is] my shepherd;{HR}I shall not want.
 2In pastures of tender grass he causeth me to lie down,{HR}He leadeth me by the waters of rest. (Psa. 23:1‑2)
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Psa. 80:1• 1To the chief musician on Shoshannim-Eduth ; of Asaph, a psalm.{HR}Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel,{HR}Leading Joseph as the sheep;{HR}Dwelling [above] the cherubim, shine forth. (Psa. 80:1)
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Isa. 40:11• 11He will feed his flock like a shepherd, he will gather the lambs with his arm, and carry [them] in his bosom; he will gently lead those that give suck. (Isa. 40:11)
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Mic. 5:4• 4He shall stand and feed in the strength of Jehovah, in the majesty of the name of Jehovah his God; and they shall abide; for now shall he be great unto the ends of the earth. (Mic. 5:4)
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John 10:11,28‑29• 11I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd layeth down his life for the sheep.
 28and I give them life eternal, and they shall in no wise ever perish, and no one shall seize them out of my hand.
 29My Father who hath given me [them] is greater than all; and no one is able to seize out of the hand of my Father. (John 10:11,28‑29)
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Rev. 7:17• 17For the Lamb that is in the midst of the throne shall tend them and shall lead them to fountains of waters of life, and God shall wipe away every tear from their eyes. (Rev. 7:17)
for.
1 Sam. 12:20‑21• 20And Samuel said unto the people, Fear not: ye have done all this wickedness: yet turn not aside from following Jehovah, but serve Jehovah with all your heart;
 21and turn ye not aside: for then should ye go after vain things, which cannot profit nor deliver; for they are vain. (1 Sam. 12:20‑21)
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Psa. 28:1• 1Of David.{HR}Unto thee, O Jehovah, do I call;{HR}O my rock, be not silent to me,{HR}Lest thou be silent to me{HR}And I become like unto those that go down to the pit. (Psa. 28:1)
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John 6:67‑69• 67Jesus therefore said to the twelve, Do ye also wish to go away?
 68Simon Peter answered him, Lord, to whom shall we go away? Thou hast words of life eternal;
 69and we have believed and known that thou art the Holy One of God. (John 6:67‑69)
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1 John 2:19• 19From us they went out, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would have abode with us, but [they went out] that they might be manifested that none are of us. (1 John 2:19)
turneth aside.
or, is veiled.
Col. 3:14‑18• 14and in addition to all these, love, which is [the] bond of perfectness.
 15And let the peace of the Christ rule in your hearts, into which also ye were called in one body; and be ye thankful.
 16Let the word of the Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing each other with psalms, hymns, spiritual songs, in grace singing in your hearts to God.
 17And everything, whatever ye do in word or in work, [do] all in [the] name of [the] Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father by him.
 18Wives, be subject to the husbands, as was fitting in [the] Lord. (Col. 3:14‑18)
• The bride, who has been speaking to the daughters of Jerusalem, now turns to the Bridegroom - the one whom she loves. Questions may arise in her heart as to His love for one who is so black, but she has no doubt as to her love for the King. She does not say, "Thou whom my soul ought to love," or even "desires to love," but "Thou whom my soul loveth." (“Canticle 1: The Assurance of Love” by H. Smith)
• Loving Him she desires to feed where He feeds and rest where He rests. (“Canticle 1: The Assurance of Love” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Tell me, thou whom my soul loveth, Where thou feedest thy flock, Where thou makest it to rest at noon; For why should I be as one veilede Beside the flocks of thy companions?

JND Translation Notes

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Others, "roving."

W. Kelly Translation

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Tell me, thou whom my soul loveth,{HR}Where thou feedest [thy flock],{HR}Where thou makest [it] to rest at noon;{HR}For why should I be as one veiled (wandering){HR}Beside the flocks of thy companions?